Combat Quotes - Page 10

• As in no other form of lute or combat, the conditions are such; the winner takes nothing, neither his ease, nor his pleasure, nor any notion of glory, nor if he wins far enough, will he find anything within himself.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Wisdom, Winning, Ease

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• As believers we all have an opportunity and moral obligation to recognize our spiritual common ground; to rise above our differences; to combat prejudice and intolerance.

  Queen Noor of Jordan

  Inspirational, God, Spiritual

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• You know, some of the action stuff, I tend to have a pretty good sense of humor about it. Even when I direct and have a lot of pressure, it teaches me to laugh at stuff. I think that comes also from sports, from combat sports, where you've got to learn to laugh at it and take it in stride. Otherwise, you just can't deal with it.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Sports, Thinking, Laughing

  Source: www.bullz-eye.com

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• I mean, I had fast motor cars and fast motor bikes, and when I wasn't crashing airplanes, I was crashing motor bikes. It's all part of the game.

  Harry Broadhurst

  Airplane, Mean, Games

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• To the aircraft I aim, not the man.

  Francesco Baracca

  Men, Aviation, He Man

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• You don't think much of the individual, because you don't think you've hit him and you hope that he will bail out or something; it's the aeroplane you've hit . . . normally it was more of a game if you like, you were outwitting and shooting down another aircraft, you were simply hitting metal.

  Peter Malam Brothers

  Thinking, Games, Bail

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• Of all my accomplishments I may have achieved during the war, I am proudest of the fact that I never lost a wingman.

  Erich Hartmann

  War, Accomplishment, May

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• Watching the Dallas Cowboys perform, it is not difficult to believe that coach Tom Landry flew fourengines bombers during World War II. He was in B17 Flying Fortresses out of England, they say. His cautious, conservative approach to every situation and the complexity of the plays he sends in do seem to reflect the philosophy of a pilot trained to doggedly press on according to plans laid down before takeoff. I sometimes wonder how the Cowboys would have fared all this years had Tom flown fighters in combat situations which dictated continuously changing tactics.

  Len Morgan

  Philosophy, War, Believe

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• The aggressive spirit, the offensive, is the chief thing everywhere in war, and the air is no exception.

  Manfred von Richthofen

  War, Air, Spirit

  Manfred Von Richthofen (2009). “The Red Baron”, p.107, Pen and Sword

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• If I were, to pick out the most valuable personal traits of a fighter pilot, aggressiveness would rate high on the list. Time and again, I have seen aggressive action, even from a disadvantageous position, completely rout a powerful Nip formation.

  Charles H. MacDonald

  Powerful, Pilots, Lists

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• There are pilots and there are pilots; with the good ones, it is inborn. You can't teach it. If you are a fighter pilot, you have to be willing to take risks.

  Robin Olds

  Risk, Pilots, Aviation

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• Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems, perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.

  Adolf Galland

  Important, Use, Pilots

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• An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.

  Adolf Galland

  Successful, Luck, Needs

  Adolf Galland (1954). “The first and the last: the rise and fall of the German fighter forces, 1938-1945”

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• The man who enters combat encased in solid armor plate, but lacking the essential of selfconfidence, is far more exposed and naked to death than the individual who subjects himself to battle shorn of any protection but his own skill, his own belief in himself and in his wingman. Righteousness is necessary for one's peace of mind, perhaps, but it is a poor substitute for agility . . . and a resolution to meet the enemy under any conditions and against any odds.

  Robert S. Johnson

  Men, Odds, Skills

  Robert S. Johnson, Martin Caidin “Thunderbolt! The Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace”, Lulu.com

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• To be a good fighter pilot, there is one prime requisite think fast, and act faster.

  John Trevor Godfrey

  Thinking, Pilots, Aviation

  John Trevor Godfrey (1958). “The look of eagles”

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• I didn't turn with the enemy pilots as a rule. I might make one turn to see what the situation was but not often. It was too risky.

  John C. Meyer

  Enemy, Pilots, Might

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• Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five barred gate. A dog by instinct turns aside Who sees the ditch too deep and wide, But man we find the only creature Who, led by folly, combats nature; Who, when she loudly cries-Forbear! With obstinacy fixes there; And where the genius least inclines, Absurdly bends his whole designs.

  Jonathan Swift

  Dog, Horse, Lying

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• So it was that the war in the air began. Men rode upon the whirlwind that night and slew and fell like archangels. The sky rained heroes upon the astonished earth. Surely the last fights of mankind were the best. What was the heavy pounding of your Homeric swordsmen, what was the creaking charge of chariots, besides this swift rush, this crash, this giddy triumph, this headlong sweep to death?

  H. G. Wells

  War, Hero, Fighting

  H. G. Wells (2015). “The World Set Free: H. G. Wells Collections”, p.62, 谷月社

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• It's frightening and exhilarating. It's like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn't.

  Robin Williams

  Looks, Comedy, Metaphor

  "RD Interview: Robin Williams, in His Own Words". Interview with Andy Simmons, www.rd.com. 2006.

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• Victory in combat is like sex with a prostitute. For a moment you forget everything in the sudden physical rush, but then you have to pay your money to the woman showing you the door. You see the dirt on the walls and your sorry image in the mirror.

  Karl Marlantes

  Sex, Wall, Sorry

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• One of the problems of other MMOs combat is that you often have scenarios where you have multiple heroes beating on a single enemy. That just isn't very Heroic

  James Ohlen

  Hero, Enemy, Problem

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• Shaka Zulu had an all-female force of fighters. Women have been part of every resistance movement. Women dressed as men and went to war, went to sea, and participated actively in combat for as long as there have been people.

  Kameron Hurley

  War, Men, Sea

  Kameron Hurley (2016). “The Geek Feminist Revolution”, p.263, Macmillan

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• By directing combat and war pieces, I could experience catharsis and successfully avoid committing a murder in real life. In this sense, I'm really grateful for that because I was conscious that I had such homicidal traits, to be honest.

  Yoshiyuki Tomino

  Real, War, Grateful

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• Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Evil, Refuse, Ifs

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.70, SCM Press

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• Life is not an on and off switch. You don't have to have a military that is either in hard combat or is in the barracks.

  James G. Stavridis

  Motivation, Military, Inspiration

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